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In Heav'n, when at th' Assembly, and in sight Of all the Seraphim with thee combin'd 750 In bold conspiracy against Heav'ns King, All on a sudden miserable pain Surpris'd thee, dim thine eyes, and dizzie swumm In darkness, while thy head flames thick and fast Threw forth, till on the left side op'ning wide, Likest to thee in shape and count'nance bright, Then shining heav'nly fair, a Goddess arm'd Out of thy head I sprung: amazement seis'd All th' Host of Heav'n; back they recoild affraid At first, and call'd me Sin, and for a Sign 760 Portentous held me; but familiar grown, I pleas'd, and with attractive graces won The most averse, thee chiefly, who full oft Thy self in me thy perfect image viewing Becam'st enamour'd, and such joy thou took'st With me in secret, that my womb conceiv'd A growing burden. Mean while Warr arose, And fields were fought in Heav'n; wherein remaind (For what could else) to our Almighty Foe Cleer Victory, to our part loss and rout 770 Through all the Empyrean: down they fell Driv'n headlong from the Pitch of Heaven, down Into this Deep, and in the general fall I also; at which time this powerful Key Into my hand was giv'n, with charge to keep These Gates for ever shut, which none can pass Without my op'ning. Pensive here I sat Alone, but long I sat not, till my womb Pregnant by thee, and now excessive grown Prodigious motion felt and rueful throes. 780 At last this odious offspring whom thou seest Thine own begotten, breaking violent way Tore through my entrails, that with fear and pain Distorted, all my nether shape thus grew Transform'd: but he my inbred enemie Forth issu'd, brandishing his fatal Dart Made to destroy: I fled, and cry'd out Death; Hell trembl'd at the hideous Name, and sigh'd >From all her Caves, and back resounded Death. I fled, but he pursu'd (though more, it seems, 790 Inflam'd with lust then rage) and swifter far, Me overtook his mother all dismaid, And in embraces forcible and foule Ingendring with me, of that rape begot
These yelling Monsters that with ceasless cry Surround me, as thou sawst, hourly conceiv'd And hourly born, with sorrow infinite To me, for when they list into the womb That bred them they return, and howle and gnaw My Bowels, their repast; then bursting forth 800 Afresh with conscious terrours vex me round, That rest or intermission none I find. Before mine eyes in opposition sits Grim Death my Son and foe, who sets them on, And me his Parent would full soon devour For want of other prey, but that he knows His end with mine involvd; and knows that I Should prove a bitter Morsel, and his bane, When ever that shall be; so Fate pronounc'd. But thou O Father, I forewarn thee, shun 810 His deadly arrow; neither vainly hope To be invulnerable in those bright Arms, Though temper'd heav'nly, for that mortal dint, Save he who reigns above, none can resist. She finish'd, and the suttle Fiend his lore Soon learnd, now milder, and thus answerd smooth. Dear Daughter, since thou claim'st me for thy Sire, And my fair Son here showst me, the dear pledge Of dalliance had with thee in Heav'n, and joys Then sweet, now sad to mention, through dire change 820 Befalln us unforeseen, unthought of, know I come no enemie, but to set free >From out this dark and dismal house of pain, Both him and thee, and all the heav'nly Host Of Spirits that in our just pretenses arm'd Fell with us from on high: from them I go This uncouth errand sole, and one for all My self expose, with lonely steps to tread Th' unfounded deep, & through the void immense To search with wandring quest a place foretold 830 Should be, and, by concurring signs, ere now Created vast and round, a place of bliss In the Pourlieues of Heav'n, and therein plac't A race of upstart Creatures, to supply Perhaps our vacant room, though more remov'd, Least Heav'n surcharg'd with potent multitude Might hap to move new broiles: Be this or aught Then this more secret now design'd, I haste To know, and this once known, shall soon return, And bring ye to the place where Thou and Death 840
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These yelling Monsters that with ceasless cry<br />
Surround me, as thou sawst, hourly conceiv'd<br />
And hourly born, with sorrow infinite<br />
To me, for when they list into the womb<br />
That bred them they return, and howle and gnaw<br />
My Bowels, their repast; then bursting forth 800<br />
Afresh with conscious terrours vex me round,<br />
That rest or intermission none I find.<br />
Before mine eyes in opposition sits<br />
Grim Death my Son and foe, who sets them on,<br />
And me his Parent would full soon devour<br />
For want of other prey, but that he knows<br />
His end with mine involvd; and knows that I<br />
Should prove a bitter Morsel, and his bane,<br />
When ever that shall be; so Fate pronounc'd.<br />
But thou O Father, I forewarn thee, shun 810<br />
His deadly arrow; neither vainly hope<br />
To be invulnerable in those bright Arms,<br />
Though temper'd heav'nly, for that mortal dint,<br />
Save he who reigns above, none can resist.<br />
She finish'd, and the suttle Fiend his lore<br />
Soon learnd, now milder, and thus answerd smooth.<br />
Dear Daughter, since thou claim'st me for thy Sire,<br />
And my fair Son here showst me, the dear pledge<br />
Of dalliance had with thee in Heav'n, and joys<br />
Then sweet, now sad to mention, through dire change 820<br />
Befalln us unforeseen, unthought of, know<br />
I come no enemie, but to set free<br />
>From out this dark and dismal house of pain,<br />
Both him and thee, and all the heav'nly Host<br />
Of Spirits that in our just pretenses arm'd<br />
Fell with us from on high: from them I go<br />
This uncouth errand sole, and one for all<br />
My self expose, with lonely steps to tread<br />
Th' unfounded deep, & through the void immense<br />
To search with wandring quest a place foretold 830<br />
Should be, and, by concurring signs, ere now<br />
Created vast and round, a place of bliss<br />
In the Pourlieues of Heav'n, and therein plac't<br />
A race of upstart Creatures, to supply<br />
Perhaps our vacant room, though more remov'd,<br />
Least Heav'n surcharg'd with potent multitude<br />
Might hap to move new broiles: Be this or aught<br />
Then this more secret now design'd, I haste<br />
To know, and this once known, shall soon return,<br />
And bring ye to the place where Thou and Death 840
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